He carried on
his conversation
all along my body
in a language I could scarcely
understand.
The word for
hand. The word
for
Hold on there!
Helped himself,
my tutor
in the silent schoolday
hours
as the sun, ungreening
the October leaves,
drew boys
with footballs
out of doors.
Leland Seese and his wife, Lisa Konick, live in Seattle, where they are foster-adoptive-bio parents of six wonderful children. Mr. Seese holds degrees from the University of Washington (BA, English) and Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv). His poems have appeared in The Skylark Review, The Nassau Review, The Christian Century, and many other journals.
A Quiet Courage 